January 6, 2016
On Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, David Cross took some time out of making Trevor Noah uncomfortable to awkwardly/hilariously announce that he is embarking on a stand up tour.
January 4, 2016
It's 2016 and everyone is back and well rested from a long vacation. Time to enjoy plenty of brand new Late Night for a Brand New Year. Here's your guide to comedians hitting up the late night talk shows for this week, January 4, 2016.
December 28, 2015
It’s almost impossible to try and list my top comedy moments from 2015, because there were just so many. Trying to only choose 15 was a monumental task. Last year I did more of a review than a “Top 15” list, but this year I decided to try and list the 15 events that meant the most to me. Some of them I was involved in personally, others not, ... but all of them were events I attended to cover for my column in The Interrobang. It’s important to emphasize that they are NOT in order. Every one of them could theoretically be #1.
December 23, 2015
Late night talk shows are a huge source of comedy. The hosts all have a background in comedy, the writers are all primarily comedy writers, there are comedy guests, stand up performances, comedy sketches, and of course the monologues. This was a huge year for late night, with legendary hosts leaving, new hosts coming on board, and all kinds of shake ups in lineups. With the tenor of late night programming shifting uncomfortably to bar games, it's important to celebrate the greatness, and there was plenty. There were last epic last nights, creative first nights, and some great moments in between. We picked our top ten.
December 23, 2015
The old school Kings of Late Night are all gone. Once Johnny Carson held the title. Some argued that Jay Leno was the most powerful host […]
December 19, 2015
Over the next two weeks, you’ll see all of our picks for the greatest comedy releases and greatest moments in comedy of 2015. But if you want to know what really happened in comedy in 2015, you have to go to the source- the comedy clubs.
December 14, 2015
Before the shows start taking off for Christmas and New Years, enjoy plenty of brand new Late Night. Here's your guide to comedians hitting up the late night talk shows for this week, December 14, 2015.
December 9, 2015
Tonight, Adam Lowitt who is an executive producer for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, will be appearing as a contributor.
December 8, 2015
Monday night Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show to thunderous applause with his standard issue post-Late Night beard, and casual clothes.
December 8, 2015
Congratulations to the five Grammy Nominees for Best Comedy Album this year! Among the nominees were Lisa Lampanelli and Jay Mohr whose albums we spotlighted earlier this year, as well as Louis C.K., Wyatt Cenac, and Craig Ferguson. Three of the releases were produced by our friends at Comedy Dynamics which continues to be a powerhouse in the industry.
December 7, 2015
So much happening in Late Night this week. The Hateful Eight will all be on Kimmel, the great Tom Rhodes hits up @midnight, and Albert Brooks! Here’s […]
December 7, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week Jeffrey visited the Cherry Lane Theater, Gotham Comedy Club, Broadway Comedy Club and The Comedy Cellar.
December 3, 2015
I finally got the opportunity to sit down with Roy Wood Jr. to talk about his gig as a correspondent on The Daily Show. We’ve been passing each other like ships in the night because we’re both always running off someplace, so before he took the stage to headline Gotham Comedy Club over the holiday weekend we sat down in the green room to chat. As a testament to his popularity despite the holiday weekend the room was packed.
November 30, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week was a holiday week with a little less Jumping, but Jeffrey checked out Gotham Comedy Club for Comedy Juice, had a chat with rising star Roy Wood Jr., and talks about his friend, Patrice O'Neal, who passed away four years ago yesterday.
November 16, 2015
Sunday November 15th, Carolines Comedy Club hosted the 2015 New York's Funniest Finals. The annual competition is widely regarded as a launching pad careerwise.
November 4, 2015
The Daily Show will be in repeats tonight with Trevor Noah sidelined for an emergency appendectomy. Variety is reporting that the show will be back with an original episode tomorrow.
November 3, 2015
First John Oliver, now Jon Stewart! HBO is stealing all of Comedy Central's former smart and funny JohnJons.
November 3, 2015
Speaking with The New Yorker's David Remick, Amy Schumer revealed that she plans to be involved in Hilary Clinton's presidential campaign. "Love her!" she told Remick. "She's struggling with millennials right now, which is who she should be cleaning up with." She's only met the former First Lady and Presidential Candidate once, but she's ready to do anything they need to help get Hillary to the Oval Office.
November 2, 2015
Comedy Central will premiere Trevor Noah's Hour Comedy Special "Lost in Translation" this month with limited commercial interruption. In his special, Noah talks about big events in the news in the past year, as well as his outlook on the world today.
October 29, 2015
Last night, Trevor Noah was the latest host to be a guest, and he sat down with Jimmy Kimmel and talked about his career, and baseball, and being a weekend overnights DJ on the radio.
October 26, 2015
This week the Daily Show is on vacation, @midnight is taking some days off, but everyone else is back on live and Kimmel is back on […]
October 22, 2015
Every year Forbes announces the highest earners in a number of categories. This week, Forbes rolled out the highest paid men and women --well make that men-- working in the field of comedy. According to Forbes, these ten comedians alone generated over 166 million dollars and that's just this year.
October 21, 2015
Trevor Noah brought Judah Friedlander onto The Daily Show last night to find out the answer to the big question: what are you the world championship of, and Judah explained. "Of the World."
October 19, 2015
Colbert is taking a vacation after his first six weeks, and Corden is taking the week off, plus the NBC shows are in reruns. But Conan is back, and with all the east coast shows off, Jimmy Kimmel is swooping into town with a weeks worth of giant shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Plus you still have live shows on Comedy Central so there's plenty to keep you entertained this week.
October 14, 2015
He's back. He's Black. He's back in Black. Lewis Black returns to the Daily Show to tell Trevor Noah he doesn't give a shit about the new set, and he's tired of pandering to Millennials. It's Black's first appearance on the show since Trevor Noah came on as host.
October 12, 2015
Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey stopped at Gotham, New York Comedy Club, QED, The Stand, Creek and the Cave and more!
October 12, 2015
Conan's in reruns while he is filming in Armenia, but everyone else is live. There are a lot of late night shows these days and some of them like to bring on comedians. You can keep an eye on who is going to guest on your favorite shows, right here.